Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Usenet gateway? | From | Jes Degn Soerensen <> | Date | 06 Aug 1997 10:45:28 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU> writes:
Richard> Jes Degn Soerensen writes: >> Thats not a good idea. Some people run local gateways accessible >> by only a limited number of people, which saves both bandwidth and >> often disk space.
Richard> I don't care if they run a local gateway, as long as they Richard> don't gate back into the mailing list from Usenet (be it Richard> local or otherwise). What I am saying is that when they break Richard> the rules (or stuff up), they get barred from the list Richard> automatically, which prevents the rest of us getting Richard> duplicates. The onus should be placed on them to plead with Richard> Dave M. to be reinstated.
You have my full support here - I am just against banning such headers as they are not the problem as long as people don't peer the groups with others and feed the replies back into the list.
Richard> But how is it getting from the old heirarchy into the mailing Richard> list? Does someone still have a Usenet -> vger gateway? If Richard> so, they should be permanently blocked, as Dave M. has stated Richard> that this is not to be done. Unfortunately, setting up these Richard> filters to enforce the rules is something take takes up Richard> Dave's valuable time. I'm can understand why he'd get pissed Richard> off at having to stuff around with these things, especially Richard> since it can all be avoided by people respecting his wishes.
Hmmm do I really have to say "me too" .....
However a local private gateway which feeds things back to vger is not a problem, as long as it behaves. I must say that I do not consider a private gateway as a Usenet gateway.
Jes
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